Tickets, at $94, 57, 38, may be obtained by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, going online at www.carnegiehall.org, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC. For more information, call our Box Office at (212) 239-4699 or visit our web site at www.midamerica-music.com.

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Tickets, at $94, 57, 38, may be obtained by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, going online at www.carnegiehall.org, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC. For more information, call our Box Office at (212) 239-4699 or visit our web site at www.midamerica-music.com.

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Brad Ellingboe has been on the faculty of the University of New Mexico since 1985, where he is professor of music and Regents lecturer. He has served as chairman of the department of music. In the fall of 2005 Ellingboe assumed the title of director of choral activities. He is also director of music at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Albuquerque. Ellingboe is a graduate of Saint Olaf College and the Eastman School of Music, and has done further study at the Aspen Music Festival, the Bach Aria Festival, the University of Oslo, and the Vatican.

John Silantien has taught and conducted choirs on the secondary and collegiate levels in Texas, the Washington, D. C., area, and on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Illinois. His awards include a Rockefeller grant for choral conducting at Aspen, Colorado, and a Fulbright award for research in London, England. He presently serves as Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas at San Antonio and as Director of the San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers. Between 1992 and 1998, he served as Editor of the Choral Journal, the official publication of the American Choral Directors Association, with a circulation of over 18,000. He serves frequently as adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor. During the summer of 1999, he lectured at an international conference of choral musicians held in Brasilia, Brazil. He is listed in the International Who's Who in Music and Who’s Who among America’s Teachers.

H. Robert Reynolds is the Principal Conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. This appointment followed his retirement, after 26 years, from the School of Music of the University of Michigan where he served as the Henry F. Thurnau Professor of Music, Director of University Bands and Director of the Division of Instrumental Studies. In addition to these responsibilities, he has also been, for over 20 years, the conductor of a professional ensemble, The Detroit Chamber Winds and String. Robert Reynolds has been a featured conductor and lecturer at international conferences in Austria, Norway, Belgium, England, Holland, and Switzerland, and is the only American to have conducted the famed Kongelige Musikkorps Koncertfond (Royal Danish Band) of Copenhagen, Denmark.

For more information about MidAmerica Productions, please contact David Dutkanicz at 212-239-0205 or ddutkanicz@midamerica-music.com

Tickets, at $94, 57, 38, may be obtained by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, going online at www.carnegiehall.org, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC. For more information, call our Box Office at (212) 239-4699 or visit our web site at www.midamerica-music.com.

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William Bing, conductor, is director of bands at the California Institute of Technology and professor of trumpet at Cal State University Northridge. He has also taught trumpet at Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Los Angeles as well as Biola College and Occidental College. Mr. Bing has performed and recorded with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. For ten years, he was a member of the trumpet section of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra at the Music Center. Mr. Bing has also played with the following great jazz artists: Gary Foster, Joe LaBarbera, Gary Pratt, Allen Vizzutti, Kim Richmond, and Don Ellis.

A native of Lakeland, Florida, conductor Sean Luce is a graduate of Florida State University. Mr. Luce completed his teaching internship at Winter Haven High School in Fall 2004 and returned to become the director of bands in Fall 2006. His teaching responsibilities include the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and the "Pride of Winter Haven" Marching Band, Brass and Woodwind Choirs, and Advanced Placement Music Theory. Under his direction this past school year, the WHHS band program kept its standard of excellence. Both the marching and symphonic bands received straight superior ratings and the concert band received an overall superior rating and district performances. At the state level, the symphonic band earned their 7th consecutive state superior. Mr. Luce continues to be an active clinician and involved member of several music organizations. his professional and musical affiliations include the Music Educators National Conference, Florida Bandmasters Association, North American Saxophone Alliance, Phi Mu Alhpa Sinfonia, the National Band Association, and saxophonist in the Hollingsworth Winds in Lakeland, Florida.

Conductor Lesley Moffatcompleted her undergraduate degree in music education at Indiana University prior to earning her master's in Seattle. She has taught music for twenty years, sixteen of which have been at the high school level. As a piano and trombone player, Ms. Moffat has performed in numerous venues and has been a guest soloist with the Boeing Band. Her conducting credits include the Everett Symphony Orchestra, Royal Caribbean cruise ships, music festivals in the United States and Canada, the Bloomington Brass Band, the Boeing Band and many others. She is the recipient of the Klaus Nobel Educator of Distinction Award and is a Who's Who Among America's High School Teachers.

For more information about MidAmerica Productions, please contact David Dutkanicz at 212-239-0205 or ddutkanicz@midamerica-music.com

Tickets, at $94, 57, 38, may be obtained by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, going online at www.carnegiehall.org, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC. For more information, call our Box Office at (212) 239-4699 or visit our web site at www.midamerica-music.com.

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Conductor Terre Johnson holds degrees in choral music education from Troy University, Auburn University, and Florida State University. In addition to his many conducting engagements, he has notable experience in public school and college instruction, as well as church music. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama, where he serves as minister of music at the Vestavia Hills Baptist Church. He is also an associate conductor-in-residence at MidAmerica Productions in New York, for whom he conducts rehearsals across the country preparing choruses for performances under the baton of John Rutter in Carnegie Hall. An accomplished accompanist, Mr. Johnson has served as rehearsal assistant and accompanist to many of the best-known choral conductors, including Colleen Kirk, Harold Decker, Larry Wyatt, Maurice Casey, Morris Hayes, Hugh Thomas, Clayton Krehbiel, and Robert Shaw.

Carlo Donadio, conductor, is a native of Rome. He studied piano, choral music, orchestral conducting, and composition there at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, earning his master's degree in 1987. He continued his orchestral conducting studies in Rome with the legendary Leonard Bernstein (Santa Cecilia Academy), as well as with K. Osterreicher in Vienna (Musikhochschle) and G. Gelmetti in Milan (Pomeriggi Musicali). In 1985, he became an assistant conductor, working with some of the world's most renowned opera maestros, including N. Santi, G. Patané, D. Oren, G. Pretre, J.Tate, and Y. Aronovitch at the Rome Opera House-where he is currently the resident conductor.

Maurizio Colasanti, conductor,was born in Chieti, Italy. When he was five years old, he began his musical studies with M. De Renzis. Mr. Colosanti studied oboe at the Conservatorio di Musica L. D'Annunzio were he graduated with high honors, and also attended specialized courses in oboe while studying composition and orchestral conducting. Mr. Colasanti has won many competitions, including the International Competition Isola di Capri, the Polla and G. Braga concourses, and the 1990 Gargano Competition in addition to the Miami L'Aquila Festival. Presently, Maestro Colasanti is on the faculty of the Conservatorio di Musica G. B. Pergolesi, and since 1992 is the artistic director of the Società Italiana della Musica e del Teatro.

Maria Carola,, soprano, originally studied violin at the Conservatorio D. Cimarosa of Avellino. She started to develop her vocal technique under the guidance of E. Fusco and. C. Desideri, going on to win both the Giovani Talenti 2000 International Vocal Competition in Naples and the second annual Bevagna City international vocal competition. She debuted in the cities of Avellino and Aversa as Doralba in Cimarosa's L'impresario in angustie, directed by Roberto De Simone. To commemorate the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Ms. Carola recorded Goodbye My Love by James Raphael on the ARS MUSICI label.

Gabriele Di Iorio, flute, completed his studies under Angelo Persichilli. After graduation, he continued his studies with C. Klemm, M. Kessich, and J. Galway. Mr. Di Iorio began to tour professionally in 1976, performing at major venues across Italy in cities such as Bari, Messina, Pescara, L'Aquila, Ancona, Rome, and Milan. He soon travelled abroad, giving both solo and chamber performances in Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Greece, France, and Israel. Mr. Di Iorio has also recorded for both Rai and Radio Vaticani. Presently, Mr. Di Iorio is on the flute faculty at the Conservatorio L. D'Annunzio in Pescara.

Antonello Pellegrini, clarinet, graduated with high distinction from the Conservatoruim of Music of Pescara. Mr. Pellegrini has held the principal clarinet chair with numerous ensembles throughout the world and is also a founding member of both the D'Annunzio Quintet and I Fiati Italiani-Solisti Teatini, who have toured throughout Italy, Europe, North and South America, and Australia. Mr. Pellegrini has recorded for Rome's Rai Network, Canada's NTV and Ecuador's TV National. He can also be heard on the Mondo Musica, Verlags, IKTIUS Arcadia, Bongiovanni, and Master Vision labels. Since 2006, he is the assistant artistic director at the Teatro Marrucino Chieti and currently lectures at the Pergolesi Institute in Ancona.

For more information about MidAmerica Productions, please contact David Dutkanicz at 212-239-0205 or ddutkanicz@midamerica-music.com